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Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is adding strength and depth to its national securities and accounting litigation practice with new partners Bradley J. Andreozzi, Daniel J. Delaney and Bennett W. Lasko, who will practice in the firm's Chicago office.
Mr. Andreozzi, Mr. Delaney and Mr. Lasko have more than 50 years combined experience in complex...

The Best Lawyers in America 2008 has named 29 Young Conaway partners as leaders in their respective fields.Young Conaway ranks first in Delaware for overall number of attorneys listed.
Young Conaway was also recognized with a number one ranking in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights law; Real Estate Law and Personal Injury...

The firm of Amper, Politziner & Mattia has announced the promotion of five new officers and one principal.
Ken Croarkin has been promoted from senior manager to officer in the firm's Insurance Services Group. He joined the firm in November 2004 and has more than 14 years of professional accounting experience.

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced that Hal M. Stewart has joined the firm as chief operating officer, based in the New York office.
Mr. Stewart joins Chadbourne from Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, where he had been chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, he held executive and management...

Nixon Peabody LLP has announced that Karen B. Greenbaum has joined the firm as chief operating officer and managing director. Ms. Greenbaum brings her knowledge of world class operational practices of global corporations to the legal industry.
Ms. Greenbaum joins Nixon Peabody from Mercer, the world's largest human resource consulting firm - a division...

Upon completing his term as chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, James R. Zazzali is returning to private practice as of counsel with two firms. He is rejoining Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman (the firm his father founded in 1925, which Chief Justice Zazzali, his brother Andrew, and their partners subsequently expanded) and...

Globalization is not only changing how and where corporations operate, it also is affecting the composition of the legal workforce, expanding the practice of law across borders, and transforming the management and operation of law offices. These and other trends are the subjects of a just-released white paper from Robert Half Legal.

The guidance that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides through Comment Letters is now easier to navigate and use in the online environment of the CCH Internet Research NetWork in SEC Staff Comment Letters from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ( business.cch.com ).
Now available as a stand-alone product as well as part of the Federal...

Cozen O'Connor members Richard J. Bortnick and Elena Park have earned asylum for a pro bono client in her case against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Immigration Court. In an immigration case that made headlines around the globe, Mr. Bortnick and Ms. Park represented Zhen Xing Jiang, a Chinese national living in Philadelphia, after...

Nixon Peabody LLP has announced the expansion of its private clients practice with the addition of Nicole Marro as counsel in the firm's Rochester, NY office.
Ms. Marro provides legal counsel to individuals and corporate clients. She focuses on estate planning and administration, including the preparation of wills and trusts and the representation of...

The Dallas law firm of McKool Smith, P.C., announces the opening of an office in Washington, DC, the firm's first expansion outside of Texas. The Washington office, close to the U.S. International Trade Commission, will provide the firm with additional expertise in cases involving international trade issues, as well as commercial and intellectual property...

Holland & Knight has announced that 198 lawyers representing 49 different practice areas have been named by their peers to the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The firm leads the nation with the most attorneys listed in the categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Land Use & Zoning, Maritime Law, and Trusts and Estates.

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has announced that Cynthia D. Gillespie, former senior aide to Governor Mitt Romney, has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Washington, DC office. Ms. Gillespie served as Counselor to the Governor as well as Chief of Legislative and Intergovernmental Relations where she directed federal affairs, public policy,...

Within a day of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) publishing its final rule changes in respect to continuation practices, the USPTO and its Director, Jon Dudas, have been sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by Tafas, an independent inventor. Tafas, represented by the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren...

Document Technologies, Inc. (DTI), the nation's largest independent provider of legal support services and document outsourcing, has announced the addition of industry veteran Jim Brown to the company's senior management team. Mr. Brown is serving as senior vice president of DTI's Discovery Solutions Group, which supports law firms and corporate legal...

Nine months after opening its Beijing office, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has announced a significant expansion of its practice there with the addition of six attorneys, bringing the total number of full-time resident attorneys and senior advisors to 11.

Corporate lawyers are calling in reinforcements to tackle rising caseloads, a new survey suggests. Nearly half (45 percent) of attorneys polled said their legal departments have increased their use of outside counsel in the last 12 months, while only 12 percent said levels have decreased. Other responses indicated that 39 percent experienced no change and...

Eisner LLP, accountants and advisors, announces the promotion of four accountants to partnership in the firm. They are Jay Bakst, CPA; John P. Fodera, CPA; Michael R. McMurtry, CPA, and Andrea Will, CPA, CA.

Peter D. Hutcheon, a member of the Somerville law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been selected for inclusion in both Marquis' Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World for 2008.
A resident of Clayton, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Mr. Hutcheon practices in the areas of commercial transactions, securities, and banking and finance...

The firm of EpsteinBecker & Green, P.C. has scheduled its 26th Annual Client Briefing: Thee21st Century Workplace: High Stakes, Hi-Tech and High Priority Employment LawIssues for Thursday, October 25.
The program willtake place from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Millennium Broadway Hotel, 145 West 44th Street, New York City.

Lee A. Rosengard, a partner in Stradley Ronon's Philadelphia office, was recently appointed to the post of general counsel, a new position created to assist the firm's management committee on legal matters.
As general counsel, Mr. Rosengard will continue to be the primary ethics and conflicts partner, educate attorneys regarding responsibilities to clients...

Aspen Publishers has announced the publication of Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System by John A. Humbach. Providing an accessible orientation to the American legal system, Whose Monet? presents readers with the basic concepts of civil litigation by focusing on a lengthy dispute over the ownership of a painting. Aspen Publishers is...

The New York Department of State and Thomson West, a Thomson business, have entered into an eight-year contract to serve as the official publisher of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) and the New York State Register.
As the official publisher, West is the exclusive official source for NYCRR in print, CD-ROM and online via Westlaw ....